How about Thinknic? The cost ($199 w/o monitor) will beat even a
white-box vendor, and there's no OS or support issues, at least
for the box.
http://www.thinknic.com/about/school.html
-Mark
Ed Lawson wrote:
>
> I recently talked to a school administrator about issues surrounding
> filtering software which is a hot topic with them due to a recent NH
> case and the new federal law. During the convesation, he mentioned they
> had one box running Linux and the rest NT with the intention of turning
> the Linux box into NT soon. I asked about cost, etc. and the answer was
> a little suprising. He said cost was not an issue for NT since the
> software from MS could be obtained for little cost and it was easy to
> obtain MS certified people. On the other hand Linux knowledgeable
> people were hard to find, more expensive, and he thought it would be
> hard for the current staff to learn Linux. Seems a project for GNHLUG
> or someone would be to provide educational and non-profit groups with
> suffieient training to get them on their feet using Linux. Anyone
> interested? I assume a cost-benefit case can be made for Linux as
> opposed to NT if the staffing issue is resolved.
>
> Ed Lawson
>
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